“Gun-shy”
“Gun-shy”
Season: 2 episode 16
Series Episode: 43
Air Date: January 11, 1959
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
A whisp of Gunsmoke.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick (a.k.a. Archibald Pomeroy (Sebastian Jethro's legal council)) Gambler / Con artist James Garner 30 Credited
Mr. Ames Farmer William Fawcett 64 Credited
Kenneth P. Badger
Commercial traveler
for Martinson's Abridged EncyclopediaGage Clark 58 Credited
Clyde Diefendorfer Deputy of Elwood, Kansas / Co-owner of the Weeping Willow Saloon (17.5%) Walker Edmiston 32 Credited
Mort Dooley U. S. Marshal / Co-owner of the Weeping Willow Saloon (37.5%) (and narrator) Ben Gage 44 Credited
Freddie Hawkins (a.k.a. "Colonel" Albert Augustus Hawkins, Sebastian Jethro) Con man Reginald Owen 71 Credited
Virginia McIlhenny (a.k.a. Virginia Adams, Emileen Cameron) Andrew McIlhenny's daughter Andra Martin 23 Credited
Mrs. McIlhenny (a.k.a. Mrs. Adams) Virginia Adam's mother / Andrew J. McIlhenny's wife / Elwood, Kansas school teacher Irene Tedrow 51 Credited
"Doc" Stucke Undertaker in Elwood, Kansas / Co-owner of the Weeping Willow Saloon (17.5%) Marshall Kent 50 Credited
Amy Ward Co-owner of the Weeping Willow Saloon (25%) Kathleen O'Malley 34 Credited
Lem Tells Marshal Dooley about the disturbance at Haglund's farm Doodle Weaver 46 Credited
Drunk Roscoe Ates 63 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 56 Uncredited
Bartender in Elwood, Kansas Henry Kulky 47 Uncredited
Owner of the millinery store Uncredited
American Indian wearing a hat Iron Eyes Cody 51 Uncredited
American Indian Milan Smith 36 Uncredited
Sleeping bartender in Wormwood, Kansas Uncredited
Poker player Dick Elliott 73 Uncredited
Stagecoach passenger riding with Badger Philo McCullough 65 Uncredited
Telegrapher Uncredited
Elwood, Kansas townsman Brandon Beach 79 Uncredited
Elwood, Kansas townsman Luis Delgado 33 Uncredited
Elwood, Kansas townsman Jack Henderson 63 Uncredited
Elwood, Kansas townsman Colin Kenny 70 Uncredited
Elwood, Kansas townsman Kermit Maynard 61 Uncredited
Elwood, Kansas townsman Jack Perrin 62 Uncredited
Elwood, Kansas townsman Joe Phillips 34 Uncredited
Elwood, Kansas townsman Fred Rapport 63 Uncredited
Elwood, Kansas townsman Bob Reeves 66 Uncredited
Elwood, Kansas townsman Danny Sands 44 Uncredited
George B. Crispin Confederate States Army general Mentioned
Haglund Farmer Mentioned
Mrs. Hawkins Freddie Hawkin's mother Mentioned
Mr. Hawkins Freddie Hawkins father Mentioned
"Hognose" M. Hughes Outlaw Mentioned
Jethro family Owned a farm that is now the south end of Elwood, Kansas Mentioned
Mr. McCoy Preacher in Elwood, Kansas Mentioned
Mezenger Owner of the Elwood livery stable Mentioned
Mr. Paul Owner of the grain and feed store in Elwood, Kansas Mentioned
John P. St. John Governor of Kansas Mentioned
"The Denver Kid" Con man Mentioned
Ely Owner of the Elwood cafe Mentioned
Gunman that passed out business cards in Elwood, Kansas Mentioned
Freddie Hawkin's tutors and governesses Mentioned
King of France Mentioned
Andrew McIlhenny Mississippi legislator / Captain in the Confederate States Army Mentioned
Sheriff of Wormwood, Kansas Mentioned
Crew
Director Leslie H. Martinson
Assistant Director Charles ("Chuck") L. Hansen
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer Marion Hargrove
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Roy Huggins
Director of Photography
Perry Finnerman
Art Director
Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Carl Pingitore
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Francis J. Scheid
Set Decorator
Frank M. Miller
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Drunk: Poor as Job’s turkey
Meaning: To be exceptionally poor. In The Book of Job (found in both the Hebrew and Christian Bibles), Job is a prosperous man who, even after loses all of his worldly possessions, children, and health, still refuses to curse God.
Notable Mentions
Boot Hill
John Brown
John Brown’s raid of 1858
Rightful King of France
Trinity Church, New York, New York, United States of America .
Copperheads
Bleeding Kansas
Santa Claus
John P. St. John
The Smack
Long Knife
Temperance Hall
Confederate War Bonds
Siege of Vicksberg
Mississippi dialect (YouTube with SOUND)
Geographic References
Biloxi, Mississippi, United States of America
Elwood, Kansas, United States of America
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Wormwood, Kansas, United States of America
Bayou
Europe
Mexican border .
Mississippi, United States of America
The Games People Play
Grub
Biscuits
Coffee
Stew
Music
“Jingle Bells” (instrumental)
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